You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast
Latest Episodes
Mentoring Activities: Relational
Relational Activities for mentor relationships. Listening, speaking, social capital. Learn about the benefits, the barriers, and the practicals behind relational mentoring activities.
Mentoring Activities: Spiritual
Spiritual activities for mentor relationships. Mentoring is modeling. The more spiritual practices and disciplines you can do together with your mentee, the better equipped they will be to walk with Jesus when no one else is around.
Mentoring Activities: Emotional
Emotional Mentoring Activities. No, we're not talking about being overly sensitive and dramatic. Cry all you want about it, but if you want to be a good mentor, you have to find practical ways to help your mentee understand their feelings and emotions.
Mentoring Activities: Physical
Happy New Year y'all! Stephen is joined by new co-host Beth Winter to discuss the benefits, the barriers, and the practicals behind mentoring activities they've found to help connect with their mentees in a new series. This week's topic is physical acti
What It’s Like to Mentor Young Kids With Dante Stack
Dante Stack from Faith Ascent joins Stephen today to share his experiences with mentoring young kids, the challenges he faced, and the lessons he learned while working with them.
Older and Wiser: New Ideas for Youth Mentoring in the 21st Century with Dr. Jean E. Rhodes
Stephen and Zach interview Dr. Jean E. Rhodes. Youth mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. But does it work? Does mentoring actually help young people succeed? In her new book, Older and Wiser, mentoring expert Jean Rhode
Youth Mentoring in the Wild with Eric Swithin from Outdoor Adventures
Eric Swithin, Executive Director of Outdoor Adventures, joins Stephen today to discuss how his program utilizes nature to encourage bonding and transformation with mentees and their mentors.
Sacher Dawson from HOPE Farm on Discipline
Stephen is joined by Sacher Dawson, the executive director of Hope Farm in Fort Worth, TX today. They discuss what discipline looks like in the mentoring relationship, the importance of consistency across the board in the mentee's life, and how to start
Three Ways to Model Gratitude in Mentoring
Happy Thanksgiving y'all! Stephen is flying solo today as he shares three tips for how to model gratitude in your mentoring relationship in this short and practical Thanksgiving special.
The Habits of RARE Mentors with Reverend Jim Wilder Ph.D. from Life Model Works
Jim Wilder Ph.D. joins Stephen today to discuss the habits of RARE Mentors. The acronym comes from his book, Rare Leadership, and covers the importance of Remaining relational, Acting like yourself, Returning to joy, and Enduring hardship well.